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That's just the rubber, not the actual focus ring. It's a cheap consumable/replaceable part. Just look for the part number, buy it from camera parts shop/ebay/whatever, tear the old one off and slip the new one on.

That's just the rubber, not the actual focus ring. It's a cheap consumable/replaceable part. Just look for the part number, buy it from camera parts shop/ebay/whatever, tear the old one off and slip the new one on.

With old lenses off warranty I have done quite a few fixes like gluing af/mf switches, replaced mounts and screws, even fixed a crooked barrel. But this is an expensive and new lens, and I do not want to use the wrong glue so it never can be removed again and have Canon say, "Oh, its been tampered with, sorry no warranty".

It's not the lack of DIY-attitude, it's a matter of protecting the value of a new lens under warranty.

With old lenses off warranty I have done quite a few fixes like gluing af/mf switches, replaced mounts and screws, even fixed a crooked barrel. But this is an expensive and new lens, and I do not want to use the wrong glue so it never can be removed again and have Canon say, "Oh, its been tampered with, sorry no warranty".

It's not the lack of DIY-attitude, it's a matter of protecting the value of a new lens under warranty.

It's under warranty, send it in and have it replaced for free. You have 1 year. Unless its more than 1 year.

2 years, and 5 years on parts that should last longer than 2 years, pretty nice here.

I've sent them a mail with the picture asking about it. Hopefully they will be their usual superquick self and fix it for free. The spent 33 minutes from I handed it in until repair was finished last time with the lubrication issue on the 1dX.

The thing is, the focus rubber is not glued at all. It can be easily pulled off. But it's your lens and you can decide what to do.

You are unnecessarily raking up an aggression. You are assuming that OP lacks DIY spirit or knowledge that rubber can be pulled off. If the item is still under warranty and canon would replace rubber for free, I see no reason to have either band-aid fix of ugly glue or el-cheapo rubber. Esp if OP has time and patience.

Got the focusing ring in the mail today, it was backordered for sometime. I guess they didn't expect them to break already, lol. The rep told my the warranty will NOT be void if I change it myself, so I had a go at it. Ps, they also sent me the zoom-rubber ring in the same package, nice to have a backup. Anyway, it took about 2 minutes, including pictures.